World renowned Scholar and Professor Donald A. Henderson will appear as a main speaker during the Tales from the Hot Seat, the last programme session of Day 1.

Dr. Henderson is a Distinguished Scholar at the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC and a Professor of Public Health and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He is Dean Emeritus and Professor of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and a Founding Director (1998) of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies. From November 2001 through April 2003, he served as the Director of the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness and, later, as the Principal Science Advisor, in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Dr Henderson’s previous positions include Director of the World Health Organization’s global smallpox eradication campaign (1966-77). In 2002, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Dr. Henderson serves as an advisor to many organizations in the United States and abroad.

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